this train should run via katrasgarh only. running the train via gomoh takes more time. with ranchi shatabdi running behind, this train may be detained at chandrapura to allow shatabdi to cross. when this train was newly introduced, it would be detained at bokaro. by the time it reached gomoh, one could see shatabdi's engine reversed and ready to depart (dhanbad-katrasgarh-chandrapura line was not electrified at that time and both trains ran via gomoh).
this train has been a victim of shatabdi in both directions.